Readings:  Perseus and Meleagar (Web Page Summaries)
                Sophocles, Trachiniae (Women of Trachis)
                Euripides, Hippolytus, Bacchae
                Homeric Hymn to Demeter (2) and Dionysus (7)
               Powell, Chapters 2, 3, 7, 8, 13, 14
                Metamorphoses, Selected Passages

Map Identifications:
                Troy                        Athens
                Hellespont                Thebes
                Crete (Knossos)        Sparta
                Ithaca                        Mycenae
                Thrace                       Olympia
                Delphi                        Mt. Olympus
 

Perseus
Danae
Polydectes
Gorgons/Medusa
Graeae
Andromeda
Pegasus

Meleagar
Calydonian Boar Hunt
Deianira (sister of M)
Althaea (mother of M)

Heracles
Amphitryon and Alcmena
Eurytheus
    12 Labors: Nemean Lion
                      Lernaean Hydra
                      Belt of Amazon Queen
                      Cerberus
                      Apples of Hesperides
Olympic Games (Wrestling)
Pillars of Heracles (Rocks of Gibraltar)
Release of Prometheus
Antaeus
Theft of Delphic Tripod
participation in Calydonian Boar Hunt
                       Argonauts
                        battle of Lapiths and Centaurs

Dejanira
Nessus (centaur)

Cadmus, founder of  Thebes
Ino, Agave, Autonoe, Semele (daughters)
Teiresias
Laius and Jocasta
Oedipus
Creon
Polyneices and Eteocles
Antigone

Theseus
Aegeus (Aegean Sea)
Sinis, Sciron, Procrustes
Minos and Pasiphae
Daedalus and Icarus
Minotaur and Labyrinth
Ariadne
Phaedra and Hippolytus

Demeter and Persephone
Eleusis (Eleusinian Mysteries)
Hecate

Dionysus
Semele
Ariadne
Pentheus
Agave

Orpheus and Eurydice
Maenads, Bacchants

Underworld:
    River Styx, Ferryman Charon
    Cerberus
    Three judges
    Hades and Persephone
    Tartarus and Elysium
    Famous Punishments:  Tantalus
                                       Sisyphus
                                        Danaids
                                        Ixion
                                        Tityos

Cephalus and Procris
Hyacinth and Apollo
 Echo and Narcissus
 Tereus, Procne, and Philomela

Gilgamesh
Utnapishtim
Enkidu
Humbaba
Ishtar

Ancient-
Allegory:  Physical or Abstract
                Historical (Euhemerism)
                Moral (popular with Christian church of Middle Ages)

Modern-
Anthropological (Sir James Frazer)
Psychological (Freud and Jung)
Structural (Claude Levi-Strauss)

hubris
ate
peripateia
irony